Improvement in culinary-boilers



RUTH RUSSELL, OF NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS..

IMPROVEMENT INYCULINARV-BOILERS.

lTo all persons to whom thesepresents may come` I Be it known that I,RUTH. RUSSELL, of Newr Bedford, of the county of Bristol and State oi'Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful or Improved Apparatus i'orBoiling or Steamin g Rice or various other edible matters; and do'hereby declare the saine to be fully described in the-followingspeciiication and represented in the accompanying drawing, of WhichyFigure l is a front'elevation, and Fig. 2 a vertical section of it.

Itv isl specially useful for cooking rice, corn, potatoes, or smallvegetables or fruits, which, after having been boiled within theforaminous holdin g-vessel at its lowest position within theWater-vessel, are, with the foraminous vessel,

to be raised up, and the latter is to be suspended from the bale of thewater-vessel in order that the surplus water may be drawn from thematerial boiled into the water-vessel or be steamed by vapor therefrom,all of which will be understood from the nature ofthe apparat-us.

In the drawing, A denotes a kettle or boiler provided with a high archedbale, a, as represented, the said vessel being open at top. Within thevessel or kettle A is another cylindrical vessel or kettle, B, providedwith a bale,

. of the vessel A in such manner as to be capaple of being easilyengaged with or disengaged from the hook 'as occasion may require. Theouter kettle A is to hold water, the inner kettle B being to contain therice or material to be cooked, steamed, or boiled.

I claim- The apparatus, substantially as described, as

plained and shown.

RUTH RUSSELL.

Witnesses:

GHnRLEs W. CLIFFORD,

WALTER OLIFFoRD. (154) FFICE;

